58:1 To
the
Overseer.
--`Destroy
not.'
--A
secret
treasure,
by
David.
Is
it
true,
O
dumb
one,
righteously
ye
speak
Uprightly
ye
judge,
O
sons
of
men
58:2 Even
in
heart
ye
work
iniquities,
In
the
land
the
violence
of
your
hands
ye
ponder.
58:3 The
wicked
have
been
estranged
from
the
womb,
They
have
erred
from
the
belly,
speaking
lies.
58:4 Their
poison
[is]
as
poison
of
a
serpent,
As
a
deaf
asp
shutting
its
ear,
58:5 Which
hearkeneth
not
to
the
voice
of
whisperers,
A
charmer
of
charms
most
skilful.
58:6 O
God,
break
their
teeth
in
their
mouth,
The
jaw-teeth
of
young
lions
break
down,
O
Jehovah.
58:7 They
are
melted
as
waters,
They
go
up
and
down
for
themselves,
His
arrow
proceedeth
as
they
cut
themselves
off.
58:8 As
a
snail
that
melteth
he
goeth
on,
[As]
an
untimely
birth
of
a
woman,
They
have
not
seen
the
sun.
58:9 Before
your
pots
discern
the
bramble,
As
well
the
raw
as
the
heated
He
whirleth
away.
58:10 The
righteous
rejoiceth
that
he
hath
seen
vengeance,
His
steps
he
washeth
in
the
blood
of
the
wicked.
58:11 And
man
saith:
`Surely
fruit
[is]
for
the
righteous:
Surely
there
is
a
God
judging
in
the
earth!'